ArtMattan Films acquired Brazilian action drama Marighella, the directing debut from journalist, musician, and actor Wagner Moura (Elite Squad; Pablo Escobar in Narcos.)
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AFI FEST to Honor Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese AFI FEST 2019 will honor Martin Scorsese with a tribute on Friday, November 15 at the TCL Chinese Theatre. The evening will celebrate the AFI Life Achievement Award recipient and Academy Award® winner’s indelible impact on culture as one cinema’s most acclaimed filmmakers.
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Guatemalan Gay Drama TREMORS (TEMBLORES) Opens in U.S. in Late November
Temblores (Tremors) by Jayro Bustamante The Guatemalan film Tremors (Temblores) by Jayro Bustamante which recently won the Grand Jury Prize at NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival will be released in the U.S. by Film Movement.
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ALICE AND THE MAYOR Headlines 2019 AFI European Union Film Showcase Lineup
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ALICE AND THE MAYOR [ALICE ET LE MAIRE] Now in its 32nd year, the 2019 AFI European Union Film Showcase, taking place December 4 to 22 at the American Film Institute’s historic theatre in Silver Spring, MD, highlights 46 films representing all 28 EU member states. Films include award winners, regional box-office hits, debut works by up-and-coming talents and new works by leading auteurs, plus 11 of the top contenders for this year’s Academy Award® for Best International Feature Film and 10 U.S. and North American premieres.
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28th Philadelphia Film Festival Winners – KNIVES OUT and COME AS YOU ARE Tie to Win Audience Award
Knives Out, written and directed by Rian Johnson, and starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana De Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Colette, Katherine Langford and Christopher Plummer Knives Out, the star-studded whodunit from director Rian Johnson and Come As You Are Richard Wong’s reimagining of the classic buddy road trip comedy tied to win the coveted Audience Award at the 28th Philadelphia Film Festival.
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Documentary THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES Gets 2020 Release Date
THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber will release Alison Reid’s acclaimed documentary The Woman Who Loves Giraffes in the U.S., with the film opening January 10, 2020 at Quad Cinema in New York and February 21 at Laemmle Theatres in Los Angeles, with subsequent engagements nationwide.
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Lübeck Nordic Film Days 2019 Winners – A WHITE, WHITE DAY Wins NDR Film Prize
Winners of 61st Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Nordische Filmtage Lübeck) The NDR Film Prize of the 61st Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Nordische Filmtage Lübeck), endowed with € 12,500, went to an Icelandic film, “A White, White Day” (“Hvítur, hvítur dagur”), directed by Hlynur Pálmason, with lead actor Ingvar E. Sigurðsson in attendance to accept the award. The distributor Arsenal will release the film theatrically in German beginning February 13, 2020.
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International Film Festival Rotterdam Reveals First Films of 2020 Edition
Babai directed by Artem Aisagaliev International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) revealed the first confirmed films of the 2020 edition, including the world premiere of Artem Aisagaliev’s Babai, the international premiere of Oda Kaori’s Cenote, and the European premiere of Nigina Sayfullaeva’s Fidelity.
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Watch FREE Online – Documentary BREAKING POINT: THE WAR FOR UKRAINE
Breaking Point: The War for Democracy in Ukraine The documentary Breaking Point: The War for Democracy in Ukraine directed by Academy award winning documentarian Mark Jonathan Harris, tracks the war in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea all the way to the first revolution at Maidan square. It also covers the Russian propaganda machine and their faux-insurgent tactics to orchestrate a “civil war” on camera.
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Watch Trailer for Surfing Doc THE LONGEST WAVE + ‘Making of’ Clip with Joe Berlinger
Robbie Naish and Joe Berlinger talking behinbd the scenes on beach at Skeleton Bay, Namibia on May 07, 2017 (THE LONGEST WAVE directed by Joe Berlinger) Oscar nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger’s released the trailer and ‘making of’ clip for his feature documentary The Longest Wave which will have its World Premiere at the upcoming DOC NYC 2019.
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Watch Trailer for HOUSE OF CARDIN – Documentary on Iconic Designer Pierre Cardin
Pierre Cardin says, “I feel young,” at his 1900 Collection Art Nouveau museum in Paris (Photo: still from “HOUSE OF CARDIN, The Ebersole Hughes Company) (House Of Cardin, directed by P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes) Award-winning filmmakers P.D. Ebersole and Todd Hughes (Mansfield 66/67) released the trailer for the film House of Cardin, an authorized feature documentary about the life and work of iconic designer Pierre Cardin.
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Watch a Clip from IN BRIGHT AXIOM – Spencer McCall’s Docu-fantasy Adventure
(GEORDIE) IN BRIGHT AXIOM directed by Spencer McCall Award-winning filmmaker Spencer McCall (The Institute) released a trailer clip from his documentary film In Bright Axiom which will have its NYC Premiere on November 7 at DOC NYC in section: INVESTIGATIONS.